"The creep accused of slashing an Asian woman in Times Square with a box-cutter had been arrested for a violent robbery just days before the random attack — but a lax Queens judge let him walk free, prosecutors said Wednesday. Anthony Evans, 30, was cut loose on supervised release by Judge Denise Johnson on July 27, despite facing second-degree robbery charges for allegedly slugging a a grocery store worker and, in a separate case, swiping a case of beer, according to officials and records. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office cited Evans’ being free on a violent felony as part of their argument for why he should be held on $200,000 bail over the Sunday attack, which is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The judge ended up ordering the suspect held pending a mental evaluation at the arraignment early Wednesday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Cops say Evans attacked a 59-year-old seamstress pulling a rolling cart on Seventh Avenue and West 42nd Street on Sunday morning — leaving her with 19 stitches on her hand, according to a criminal complaint." https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/accused-times-square-slasher-set-free-on-violent-robbery-charges-days-before-the-attack/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyvVTDxBl3U

"Ms. Chong, a former airman in the Air Force, had grown up watching her mother, a hair stylist, and others in the weekend marathons at the local salons in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn that catered to a largely Caribbean clientele. “Black hair is a family thing in our neighborhood,” Afesha Chong said. “Everyone comes to the salons on Saturday, and you learn to nurture the hair but also the soul. Latisha picked that up quickly.” Latisha Simone Chong was born on Jan. 23, 1990, in San Fernando, a city in Trinidad and Tobago, one of three daughters of Garrick Chong, who worked in construction, and Darlene Vincent, who was a homemaker at the time. When Latisha was 6, she and her sisters moved with their mother, who had separated from their father, to Flatbush, where she worked as a home health aide and, on weekends, as a hair stylist. By age 10, Latisha was helping out at a salon, sweeping the floors; she eventually worked her way up." https://grandfatherclocksblog.com/latisha-chong-hair-stylist-who-helped-change-fashion-dies-at-32/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXDG8_cKYeI